n. [ LL. abluvio. See Abluent. ] That which is washed off. [ R. ] Dwight. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., a watering place. ] (Masonry) The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adjuvans, p. pr. of adjuvare to aid: cf. F. adjuvant. See Aid. ] Helping; helpful; assisting. [ R. ] “Adjuvant causes.” Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adjuvamentum, fr. adjuvare to help; ad + juvare to help. ] 1. An assistant. [ R. ] Yelverton. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) An ingredient in a prescription drug, which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med., Immunology) A substance that non-specifically enhances immune response to an antigen, such as by enhancing the production of antibodies. AS [ AS ]

n. Alluvial soil; specif., in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Cf. F. alluvial. See Alluvion. ] Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. alluvion, L. alluvio, fr. alluere to wash against; ad + luere, equiv. to lavare, to wash. See Lave. ] 1. Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An overflowing; an inundation; a flood. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium. [ 1913 Webster ]

The golden alluvions are there [ in California and Australia ] spread over a far wider space: they are found not only on the banks of rivers, and in their beds, but are scattered over the surface of vast plains. R. Cobden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. alluvius. See Alluvion. ] Alluvial. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Alluviums, L. Alluvia [ L., neut. of alluvius. See Alluvious. ] (Geol.) Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ante- + diluvial. ] Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle. -- n. One who lived before the Deluge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a region in central France. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. The location where in 1214 the French under King Philip Augustus defeated a coalition formed against him in one of the greatest battles of the middle ages. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. chauvinisme, from Nicolas Chauvin, a character represented as making grotesque and threatening displays of his attachment to his fallen chief, Napoleon I., in 1815 (in the play La Cocarde tricolor, 1831). ] 1. Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. exaggerated and unreasoning partisanship to any group or cause; -- as, male chauvinism, i.e. belief in the superiority of males. [ PJC ]

-- Chau"vin*ist, n. & adj. -- Chau`vin*is"tic a. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ To have a generous belief in the greatness of one's country is not chauvinism. It is the character of the latter quality to be wildly extravagant, to be fretful and childish and silly, to resent a doubt as an insult, and to offend by its very frankness. Prof. H. Tuttle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. fanatically patriotic.
Syn. -- flag-waving(prenominal), jingoistic, nationalistic, superpatriotic, ultrapatriotic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Chefs-d'œuvre [ F. ] A masterpiece; a capital work in art, literature, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Joint help; cooperation. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cooperating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) An adjuvant. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a collection of washings, dregs, offscourings, fr. colluere to wash; col- + luere to wash. ] 1. A collection or gathering, as of pus, or rubbish, or odds and ends. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A medley; offscourings or rabble. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ L. ] (Arch.) A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. couver. See Covey. ] A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill. [ 1913 Webster ]

The world-wide custom of the couvade, where at childbirth the husband undergoes medical treatment, in many cases being put to bed for days. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Med.) An incubator for sickly infants, esp. those prematurely born. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F., dim. of cuve a tub. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Fort.) A cunette.

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a. [ L. diluvialis. fr. diluvium. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a flood or deluge, esp. to the great deluge in the days of Noah; diluvian. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Effected or produced by a flood or deluge of water; -- said of coarse and imperfectly stratified deposits along ancient or existing water courses. Similar unstratified deposits were formed by the agency of ice. The time of deposition has been called the Diluvian epoch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. diluvien. ] Of or pertaining to a deluge, esp. to the Noachian deluge; diluvial; as, of diluvian origin. Buckland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. diluviare. ] To run as a flood. [ Obs. ] Sir E. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Diluviums L. Diluvia [ L. diluvium. See Dilute, Deluge. ] (Geol.) A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The accumulation of matter by the ordinary operation of water is termed alluvium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being given off as an effluvium. “Effluviable matter.” Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to effluvia. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To give forth effluvium. [ R. ] “An effluviating power.” Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Effluvia [ L., a flowing out, fr. effluere to flow out. See Effluent, a. ] Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Gun.) An apparatus for testing or proving the strength of gunpowder. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. sing. of Exuviæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Capability of shedding the skin periodically. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. exuviable. ] Capable of being cast off in the form of exuviæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. pl. [ L., fr. exuere to draw out or off, to pull off. ] 1. (Zoöl.) Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lobsters, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) The fossil shells and other remains which animals have left in the strata of the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to exuviæ. “Exuvial layers.” “Exuvial deposits.” [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Exuviated, p. pr. & vb. n. Exuviating. ] ety>[ From Exuviae. ] (Zoöl.) To she [ 1913 Webster ]d an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt.

There is reason to suppose that very old crayfish do not exuviate every year. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zoöl.) The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins of snakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., dim. fr. fauve fawn-colored. ] (Zool.) A small singing bird, as the nightingale and warblers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fluvialis, from fluvius river, fr. fluere to flow: cf.F. fluvial. See Fluent. ] Belonging to rivers; growing or living in streams or ponds; as, a fluvial plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who exlpains geological phenomena by the action of streams. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fluviaticus. See Fluvial. ] Belonging to rivers or streams; fluviatile. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fluviatilis, fr. fluvius river: cf. F. fluviatile. ] Belonging to rivers or streams; existing in or about rivers; produced by river action; fluvial; as, fluviatile starta, plants. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fluvius river + -graph. ] An instrument for measuring and recording automatically the rise and fall of a river. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. fluvius river + E. marine. ] (Geol.) Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea, as deposits at the mouths of rivers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fluvius river + -meter. ] An instrument for measuring the height of water in a river; a river gauge. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ pl. Hors d'œuveres /plu>. [ F., lit., outside of work. ] 1. Something unusual or extraordinary. [ R. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A dish served as a relish, usually at the beginning of a meal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]